Library: Individual Support: Meet Personal Support Needs

Meet Personal Support Needs

Enablement & Re-Ablement

Legal & Ethical Requirements

Older Residents and the Law: Accomodation, Care and Legal Rights in Victoria by Robert Phillips
Call Number: 362.60994 PHI (City)
Publication Date: 2007
Outlining the legal rights of older residents in Victoria, this is an essential reference for advocates and advisors, including aged care workers, social workers, lawyers, financial advisors, aged care accommodation owners and operators, as well as older people and their family and friends.

Duty of Care by Fran Haarsma Productions
Call Number: 362.1 DUT (City)
Publication Date: 2003
This video demonstrates the need for awareness and commonsense in providing clients with the best possible care.

Personal Safety

Health and Safety Guidelines: Australian Hospitals by Working Pictures
Call Number: 362.61 HEA (City)
Publication Date: 2016
This DVD incorporates the very latest health and safety information for working in hospitals.
Health and Safety Essentials for Aged Care Facilities in Australia by Working Pictures
Call Number: 362.61 HEA (City)
Publication Date: 2011
Subjects featured include hazard awareness, housekeeping, manual handling, hazardous substances, hygiene, stress, security & aggression response.
Moving and Handling Essential Principles: For Aged Care Facilities in Australia by Working Pictures
Call Number: 362.61 MOV (City)
Publication Date: 2011
Details the safest and most up to date techniques for moving and handling of the elderly, including the "no lift" technique.

Providing Personal Support

Aged Care Diversity Framework Australian Government, Department of Health 2017, Aged care diversity framework, Australian Government, Canberra.
Humanising Accommodation Kaiser, D (2021), 'Humanising accommodation', Australian Ageing Agenda, Mar/Apr 2021, pp. 38-39
Issues. Consumer Directed Care Bradley, S 2017, 'Issues. Consumer directed care', Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal, vol. 20, no. 11, p. 33, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, EBSCOhost
Residents at the Centre: Providers Showcase Innovative Models of Care 'Residents at the centre: providers showcase innovative models of care', Australian Ageing Agenda, Jul/Aug 2019, p. 10, retrieved from InfoRMIT Health Collection database.

Providing Physical Support & Assisting with Health & Hygiene

Assessing Skin Conditions by Video Education Australia
Call Number: 616.5 ASS (City)
Publication Date: 2008
This program explains different types of skin lesions and how they are classified, assessed and treated.
Basic Care Procedures: Showering & Bed Bathing by Video Education Australasia
Call Number: 610.73069 BAS (City)
Publication Date: 2006
This program demonstrates how to carry out basic care procedures of showering and bed bathing in a professional and caring manner.
Mouth Care of the Resident by Video Education Australasia
Call Number: 617.601 MOU (City)
Publication Date: 2010
In this program you will learn how to work with your patients to encourage proper dental health.

Issues. The Experiences of Residents and Their Relatives in Accessing Oral Hygiene Care in a Residential Aged Care Facility Cresp, SJ & Bernoth, M 2017, 'Issues. The experiences of residents and their relatives in accessing oral hygiene care in a residential aged care facility', Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal, vol. 20, no. 11, p. 26, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, EBSCOhost.